#4E222B#4E222B

#4E222B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.067 H 8.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E222B
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(348, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(348, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.80, 21.77, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.80, 22.12, 10.10°)
OKLab	oklab(31.71% 0.0661 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(31.71% 0.067 8.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1502, 2.9386, 2.6337)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E222B #224E45

analogous

#4E2241 #4E222B #4E2F22

triadic

#4E222B #2B4E22 #222B4E

tetradic

#4E222B #414E22 #224E45 #2F224E

square

#4E222B #414E22 #224E45 #2F224E

split-complementary

#4E222B #224E2F #22414E

monochromatic

#15090C #230F14 #4E222B #793542 #A3475A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#4E222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E222B

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E222B	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36332A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.067 8.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e64',
    500: '#4e222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e222b;
$custom-light: #825e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.727,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31706,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 8.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E222B

secondary

#4A8276

accent

#CFB759

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E222B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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